Fall

Crafts

Leaf prints: Paint real leaves and then press them on paper for a print.

Paint with leaf brushes: Collect leaves and tape to a small stick then use these instead of brushes for
painting.

Fingerpaint with fall colours

Handprint trees: Use a large sheet of paper and draw a tree trunk with marker or cut one out of construction
paper then have the children dip their hands in fall colours and add the leaves to the tree.

Pom pom squirrels

Apple prints: Cut the apple in half widthwise (not down from the stem) so the star is showing. Dip in paint and then
stamp onto paper.

Leaf Frame: Fold wax paper in 1/2, wax sides together. Slip leaf inbeween the fold and iron; the wax will melt
onto the leaf, preserving it. Once perserved, glue the leaves onto a piece of fabric or paper. Make a frame from
twigs collected in the woods and twine. Hang your fall masterpiece.

Leaf Mobile: Have children cut out leaf shapes from fall coloured construction paper. Make a X with sticks and tie
together in the center using a pipecleaner. Twist the pipecleaner into a hook for hanging. Attach string from the sticks
and punch holes in the leaves. Tie to the string and hang.

Science

Apples: Taste test various types of apples and note their similiarities and differences.

Outdoor Play

Field Trips / Special Days

Visit an apple orchard.

Go on a nature walk and list all the signs of Fall that you see.

Songs

Whisky Frisky

(poem)

Whisky Frisky hippity hop
Up he goes to the treetop
Whirly twirly, round and round
Down he scampers to the ground
Furly curly what a tail
Tall as a feather and broad as a sail
Where's his supper? In the shell
Snappy, cracky, out if fell.

Pretty Leaves

Pretty leaves they are falling
Falling down to the ground
When the wind blows his trumpet
See them dancing around
Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la
Tra-la-la-la-la-la
Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la
Tra-la-la-la-la-la
Pretty leaves they are falling
Falling down to the ground
When the wind blows his trumpet
See them sitting back down.

5 Little Leaves

Five little leaves so bright and gay
Were dancing about on a tree one day
The wind came blowing through the town
And one little leaf came tumbling down.

Four little leaves so bright and gay... etc.

Three little leaves so bright and gay... etc.

Two little leaves so bright and gay... etc.

One little leaf so bright and gay
Was dancing about on a tree one day
The wind came blowing through the town
And the last little leaf came tumbling down.

The children can pretend to be the leaves in the fingerplay or cut out leaves and a tree shape for the felt board.